{"id":1170660,"date":"2022-08-08T15:43:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T15:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/08\/sevilla-confirm-the-signing-of-midfielder-isco\/"},"modified":"2022-08-08T15:43:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T15:43:18","slug":"sevilla-confirm-the-signing-of-midfielder-isco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/08\/sevilla-confirm-the-signing-of-midfielder-isco\/","title":{"rendered":"Sevilla confirm the signing of midfielder Isco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"391\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image_2022-08-08_130128767-696x391.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Isco\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Real Madrid star, Isco, has joined Sevilla after signing a two-year contract with the Spanish outfit. Isco has been a free agent since leaving Madrid at the end of his contract on June 30, and arrived at Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan to complete his move with a medical on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Sevilla had announced a deal in principle to sign Isco on Sunday, which was followed up the next day by confirmation that the move was complete.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What did Sevilla say about Isco\u2019s transfer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A statement on the club\u2019s website read: \u201cIsco Alarcon has now officially signed for Sevilla FC on a two-year deal.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter yesterday\u2019s announcement that he had signed an agreement in principle, the midfielder has today passed his medical and put pen to paper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Malagueno will be here until at least the end of the 2023-24 season. In the coming days, Isco will be formally unveiled as a Sevillista and will meet up with his new teammates for his first training session.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p><strong>Who else was interested in Isco?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A five-time Champions League winner, Isco may no longer have been useful to Carlo Ancelotti at Santiago Bernabeu, but at just 30, is still more than capable of doing a job for a side with aspirations of regularly qualifying the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally then, Sevilla were not the only club keen on signing him this summer, with Roma boss Jose Mourinho having been keen to bring the playmaker to the Italian capital.<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho and Isco share an agent in Jorge Mendes, but moving to Italy did not appeal to the 38-times capped international at this stage of his career.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"x3G6bZ8saAI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam Media Review on Adom TV (8-8-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x3G6bZ8saAI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Images Former Real Madrid star, Isco, has joined Sevilla after signing a two-year contract with the Spanish outfit. Isco has been a free agent since leaving Madrid at the end of his contract on June 30, and arrived at Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan to complete his move with a medical on Monday. 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